Lorain County Fair raises general admission to $5
Lorain County Fair plans Aug 20 to 26 rise in general admission from $4 to $5 to fund a part time Junior Fair coordinator and needed barn roof and water line work estimated at 175000 to 200000. 4-H funds aided by a $30000 fundraising effort. OSU extension funding cuts prompted the change.
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Wellington
Lorain County
Fair Board
Rick Ternes
Ternes
Frances Harker
Ohio State University
OSU
Minnie Taylor
Hope County
1940 Census Dropped Open To Public After 72 Years
The 1940 U S census data released by the National Archives opens a trove of 3.8 million digital images for researchers and genealogists. It details lives from the Great Depression era to the onset of World War II and chronicles daily life in towns like Elyria as observers recall a carless citypause and walking culture.
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Jane Cowen
Elyria
Tom Brokaw
Coven
Broad Street
National Archives
Massive interest crashes new census records site
New York reports show the U.S. National Archives site for the 1940 census drew over 22 million hits in four hours from nearly 2 million users. The archives said 37 million hits since 9 a.m. as 72 years of confidentiality ended.
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New York
U.S
Miriam Kleiman
U.S. National Archives
Associated Press
Census archive link offered for 1940 records
The note points readers to the complete 1940 census available at the1940census.org for accessing historical population data and related resources.
Union and Republic Steel Reach Four Year Contract
Republic Steel and United Steelworkers Local 1104 announce a four year contract for the Lorain plant. The deal includes annual raises of 2 to 2.5 percent with no benefit concessions and was ratified by Local 1104 with about 360 voting for and 60 against after talks that began in July.
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Republic Steel
USW
United Steelworkers
Francesco DiGiannantonio
Republic
DiGiannantonio
Bob Clegg
Clegg
Dan Voorhees
United Steelworkers Local
Union
Half of LHS students take TB test
Lorain High School tested about 900 students for tuberculosis after a senior tested positive the previous week. Superintendent Ed Branham cited Mercy Regional Medical Center TB Clinic, noting the odds of further infections are extremely remote and transmission requires close contact or coughing on another person.
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Lorain
Ed Branham
Mercy Regional Medical Center
Branham
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